Conference

[Adalberto Valencia <avalenc2@calstatela.edu>]

In article: Conference, dwebber@curry.edu (D writes:

Hello:
    This conference may be of interest to those who work with college
students with LD in the writing centers.      Adal
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Higher Education and Students with Learning Disabilities:
              Leadership in Learning from Strength

Join the Curry College Program for Advancement of Learning (PAL) as it
celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a two-and-a-half day professional
onference.

Save the date:  September 28 - 30, 1995
% Hilton at Dedham Place and Curry College, Milton, MA
(Just minutes from Boston.)

Keynote speaker:  Howard Gardner
Other presenters:  Anthony Bashir, Nancy Blackmore Ratey, Loring Brinckerhoff,
Robert Brooks, Richard Goldhammer, Ned Hallowell, Joan McGuire, Jean Mooney,
and Gertrude Webb.

Topics include:
% Metacognitive development and strength-based instruction
% Accommodating diverse learning styles in the college classroom
% Learning styles/learning disabilities
% Preparing to meet the demands of a college environment
% Research on successful outcomes
% Strategies for working with LD/ESL college students
% Mentoring relationships
% Applying cognition/learning theory to the college classroom
% Self-advocacy
% Attention Deficit Disorder in adults
% Counseling the college student with LDs
% Student life issues for college students with LDs
% Honors programs for college students with LDs
% Moral and social development in college students with LDs
% Transition from college to the workplace

Who should attend:
College professors, administrators and student life professionals, LD
specialists, post-secondary service providers, educational consultants,
high school guidance counselors, parents, and adults with LD.

For conference information:
Dr. Lisa Ijiri and Professor Susan Pratt
Curry College Program for Advancement of Learning (PAL), Milton, MA  02186
(617) 333-2250  %  fax (617) 333-2018  %      email: LDinfo@curry.edu